Only he can explain the origin of a particular fruit or the crossbreeding of another. At the Central Market, Noureddine is the finest connoisseur of everything relating to citrus fruits and other seasonal fruits.
Sharing a citron or designating the specificity of a variety of quince, he surprises his interlocutors thanks to his earthly knowledge, his science of the fruit and his ability to make a blood orange or a muscat grape speak.
Sitting behind his display, smoothing his mustache or rereading a collection of poetry, Noureddine claims to be an esthete and knows how to share his story with fruit.
With precise gestures, he weighs each order and never fails to give regulars a taste of the day’s fresh produce.
Between aromas and fruity scents, Noureddine seems straight out of a sketch by Zoubeir Turki, at the crossroads of yesterday and today, where the art of living is lived the Tunisian way, again and again.
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